Hispanic American Francisco Gallegos, a sheep and cattle rancher, poses on horseback in San Luis, Colorado. He wear a jacket, tie and round brimmed hat, his saddle blanket is a jerga, a woven Hispanic textile in a herringbone and check pattern. The three adobe structures in the distance are the Gallegos and Vigil Saloon (left), the Costilla County Court House (center), and the Gallegos House (right).

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Content derived from inventory prepared by Dana EchoHawk.; From inventory: "Francisco Gallegos was a sheep and cattle rancher in San Luis, Colorado. The saddle blanket in this photo was a jerga, a Hispanic textile woven in long strips of yarn that produced a herringbone and checked pattern. The three adobe structures that appear in the background were the Gallegos and Vigil Saloon (left), the Costilla County Courthouse (center), and the Gallegos House (right)." For more information see (Hispanic Pioneers in Colorado and New Mexico, Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy, p. 14).; Scan of photograph from: Hispanic pioneers in Colorado and New Mexico / Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy, 2006. Source: Frank Gallegos.; Scanned image from loaned collection.; Title from inventory.; Digitization sponsored by the Library Services and Technology Act and the Center for Colorado & the West at Auraria Library.; R7001521025